Beehive



UNITED STATE-s PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. OHRISINGER, OF NEVINVILLE, IOWA.

BEEHIVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,277, dated November15, 1892'.

Application led November 9, 1891. Serial No. 411,343. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W.OHR1sINGER,a citizen of the United States,residing at Nevinville, in the county of Adams and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beehives; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in beehives; and it consists inthe peculiar fea.- tures of construction and arrangement of parts morefully hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, durable, and efcientcomb attachment or storage-chamber for a beehive, one that may be easilyhandled and permit of the removal of the honey with but little trouble,and which will be so constructed that the pasting or cementing of theparts of the several trays will be overcome. I attain this 0bject by theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the seweral views,and in which- Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is acentral cross-section, and Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

In the drawings, A represents the frame, reotangularin shape, intendingto form the upper portion of the hive, to which it maybe affixed in anysuitable manner. On the lower inner edges of the frame are secured twoinwardly-extending side ilanges B, projecting inward for a distancegreater than the distance of the trays. At the ends of the frame aresecured suitable inwardly extending metal anges O of a width greaterthan the width of the side flanges. These anges are preferably made ofgalvanized iron.

Within the casing are placed the trays D, which are constructed of alength less than the length of the interior of the casing, but greaterthan the distance between the inner edges of the end Hanges of thecasing, by which means the trays are permitted to be moved backward andforward on the flanges, and owing to the width of the end flanges as thetray is moved to its extreme limit the ianges will cut off access to thespace between the ends of the trays and the casing. I have shown twotrays, both of vwhich are constructed with flanges d and d', on whichthe honey-crates rest. In the ends of the trays I form openings runningat right angles to each other, through which the hooked ends of suitablebails H are adapted to be placed, the horizontal portion of the openingsbeing adjacent to the ends of the casing, so that by arranging the trayscentrally in the casing the hooked ends of the bails may be forcedthrough the horizontal and vvertical portions of the openings and thetray lifted out. By forming the end flanges, which are termed superreststhe bees are prevented from sealing the parts, and by inserting a stopI, having an enlarged lower end corresponding in width to the width ofthe tray, I am enabled to move the upper tray backward and forward tobreak the waxtending to unite the same with the other tray, and at thesame time hold the lower tray in a fixed position.

In operation the trays are placed on the superrests and flanges7 thelowermost being placed with its ends an equal distance from the ends ofthe box or casing, the superrests or end flanges preventing the beesfrom passing into the spaces between the trays and casing. The cratesare placed in the tray and the other tray or any number of trays desiredare placed thereon directly above. When it is desired to remove traywith the crates, the entire nest of trays are forced to one side, thestop inserted between the ends of the tray and casing, and the uppertrayis moved back..

The hooked bails are then inserted and the tray lifted out. The lowertray is then removed.

I am aware that many minor changes in the construction and arrangementof the parts of my device ca'n be made and substituted for those hereinshown and described without in the least departing from the nature andprinciple of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a beehive, the combination,with a storagecompartment consisting of arectangular casing having inwardlyextending side flanges and end angesextending inwardly from the casing, of a series of trays of a lengthless than the length of the interior of the casing equal to the width ofa tray, substantially as and greater than the distance between the enddescribed. to flanges, rests on the trays, a series of right-anlntestimony whereof I aiix my signature in gle openings in the upper edgesof the trays, presence of two witnesses.

5 hooked bails for fitting in said openings, and JOI-IN W. CHRISINGER.

a stop having a lateral projection on its lower Vitnesses: end of ewidth equal to the width of the space R. N. TOWN,

between the trays end casing and of alength A. H. HOLLENBECK.

